Nusenskis Viktor Leonidovych

Founder of Donetskstal, the largest donor of the UOC-MP, and owner of the Novo-Kramatorsk Machine-Building Plant under Russian and US sanctions

Citizen of Russia. Founder and head of the Energo concern, founder of the Donetskstal group — one of the largest mining and metallurgical structures in Donbas (mines, coke chemical plants, metallurgical combines). The largest church donor of the UOC-MP — sponsor of the construction of cathedrals and monasteries across Ukraine and Russia. Lives mainly in Russia. Owner of the Novo-Kramatorsk Machine-Building Plant (NKMZ) — the largest machine-building enterprise in Ukraine.

LPR mines, claims on NKMZ under occupation, and sanctions from the EU and US

After 2014, mines and enterprises under Nusenskis’s control in Donbas found themselves under occupation — some came under the control of the LPR or Russia. Nusenskis’s structures participated in coal mining in the temporarily occupied territories, generating profits partially funneled to Russia. Despite Russian citizenship and business in occupied territories, via front persons he attempted to retain control over NKMZ in Kramatorsk — an enterprise of defense significance. The EU and US imposed sanctions on him for supporting Russia's economic base in occupied territories; Ukrainian courts are arresting assets of related structures. Nusenskis himself has publicly not commented on his activities since 2022.